The WDFW plans to periodically dredge an outlet channel at Lake Lenore in Grant County after vegetation, muck and other material have created conditions that can trap and kill Lahontan cutthroat trout. The WDFW issued an environmental addendum Aug. 24 for the Lake Lenore Outlet Channel Restoration project, laying out plans to remove approximately 120 cubic yards of material from the channel about once every 10 years. The work would take place during late fall or winter in an ephemeral channel between Lake Lenore and Soap Lake near a WDFW fish collection weir, about nine miles north of Soap Lake and 15 miles southwest of Coulee City. Vegetation and other accumulated material will be removed from the channel to reduce mortality among Lahontan cutthroat trout. Areas outside the channel disturbed by the work would be replanted with hard stem bulrush seed. At the time, the agency said accumulated muck, silt and excessive aquatic vegetation had created a barrier to trout movement, causing fish to become trapped and stranded, with some dying as a result. Original permitting documents said WDFW wanted to remove excessive muck and emergent aquatic vegetation so trout could move through the outlet without becoming stranded.